In a rustic kitchen, a huge concrete trough sink dominates the island.
In a Calistoga, California vineyard kitchen, an enormous concrete trough sink dominates one side of the island. While I don't have measurement, the sink appears to be at least six feet long. A pair of gooseneck bridge faucets create two work areas for the sink. With a double clean-up sink with dish drawers … [Read more...]

String bean color green painted cabinets create a singular and unforgettable NY apartment kitchen.
Recently, I showed several food-green kitchens – lime, pea, green apple and mint. Green kitchen are very beautiful and their style can range from modern to cottage depending on the hue. This one is string bean color, done in an in-your-face hue by top New York designer Miles … [Read more...]

In a modern apple green kitchen, etched glass doors feature the alphabet for a fun, personal touch.
Apple green kitchen cabinets brighten up this year round beach residence while avoiding the usual coastal influence. This kitchen looks more urban than beach-like. Cabinets rise to the occasion, and in this case to a Mondrian inspired ceiling with an uneven grid painted with … [Read more...]

Eastern white pine brings the color of sand into a beach house kitchen.
Simplistic and rustic are usually not the first words that come to mind when I'm asked to describe a white pine beach house kitchen. But that is exactly what the owners of this timber-frame home received from their architect. It is located in Seaside, Florida, a "new urbanist" town that began development … [Read more...]

In warm white kitchens, opposites are mixed for a custom look and feel.
Everyone has heard the phrase "opposites attract," but can that be applied to warm white kitchens? It can, indeed. Mixing the old with the new, the sleek with the chic, the hard with the soft, the dark with the light... well, you get the idea.
In this kitchen, a chic custom island was crafted from an … [Read more...]

Tour our Allison's idyllic Alabama stone cottage lakeside home.
Calling a five bedroom four-and-a-half bathroom home sitting on 4-1/2 acres an Alabama stone cottage is a way of describing the style of the house our Allison and her husband lovingly built on an Alabama lakefront lot.
Designed by Tulsa architect Jack Arnold – who the couple has never actually met – the house … [Read more...]

This seafoam blue island is built like a deep table with plumbing for a prep sink shielded by the legs
The heart of this white kitchen is the seafoam blue island-on-legs which helps maximizes the look of the central space since it doesn't sit solidly on the floor. A different counter material on each end helps break up the island visually. The small prep sink is set under a … [Read more...]

A massive double island kitchen bespeaks updated Victorian style.
A kitchen with double islands — one devoted to eating, another to prep – shows how big space can be used to advantage for a family kitchen. One island houses a 6-burner range, microwave and cookware storage. The second is devoted to a prep sink and eating bar. There are top appliance features galore worked into … [Read more...]

Yellow and white brocade wallpaper, used like paint, becomes an accent feature on the range wall.
The brocade wallpaper renaissance is in full swing in the kitchen as a way to add pattern and color to walls that is very different than tile. In this classic yellow kitchen, designer Betsy Speert coordinated her yellow and white patterned wallpaper with butter-yellow cabinets and … [Read more...]

Mission-style cabinets in a barn kitchen space creates a unique fusion for a beach house
Windows set high in a soaring open space let wonderful natural light into this galley barn kitchen. xposed timbers set off the wood of the Mission-style natural wood cabinets with a hutch resembling Hoosier cabinets on each side of the pro-style range. Hutches are backed with beadboard … [Read more...]

Martha Stewart's former home kitchen has a skylight ceiling and classic white features.
The theme of windows with divided panes is carried through from glass doors on upper cabinets to a skylight ceiling in Martha Stewart's former Connecticut home. With light streaming in through the ceiling, the all white surfaces gleam.
White marble is used for backsplashes, perimeter … [Read more...]